Drawing of a book with a desk printer on the cover with the title "The printer that simply worked and other fairy tales"

"PM: HE LET HIS COUNTRY DOWN"
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Probe into #PeterMandelson's links to #JeffreyEpstein has been launched.

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Mahmood wins vote to ban animal testing lab protests Mahmood wins vote to ban animal testing lab protests

Mahmood wins vote to ban animal testing lab protests

Whenever I search for an item online to buy, whether it's phone chargers or wheelbarrows, sponsored posts for that item or company appear in my husband's Facebook timeline on his own phone. I have no idea why or how but it must be a #GDPR breach.

When my publisher was falling into trouble, I contacted their head of communications to ask where I and my contract stood. She didn't reply. She's now set up her own publisher. For the books world I hope it succeeds, but I also hope she's kinder and more respectful to her new authors. 😥

Cambridge scientist uncovers cunning way to double the sales of the famous Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll – and in an open letter, shares the technique with key people at Greggs Cambridge scientist uncovers cunning way to double the sales of the famous Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll – and in an open letter, shares the technique with key people at Greggs. Cambridge resea...

Veganism has faded partly because consumers want *protein*, but a Greggs vegan sausage roll has more protein than a meat one.

A Cambridge study that, if you label sausage rolls for their protein content, the % of consumers choosing meat-free more than doubles: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Made my day to receive this from one of the first readers of my debut. Thank you, kind reader!

This is sad. On a day when I could have been writing my second novel, I'm instead packaging up copies of my debut that I paid to have printed - because of the collapse of my publisher, Neem Tree Press, taken over by Unbound. I felt none of my friends who preordered it should be out of pocket.

Agree about Macs - I'd flounder if I had to use one.

I've always had Samsungs but now my work has given me an iPhone and I need a 10-year-old to show me how to use it. For starters, switching it off is always a struggle, taking me at least half a dozen goes.

The criminals must be incredibly stupid if they didn't realise that like all good journalists you'd turn it into a story.

Ah, thanks!

And I've signed up with the lovely folk at Viv Loves Film to represent me. 🤞

Exciting news about my debut novel. I finally have a copy in my hands (yay!) despite the demise of my publisher @neemtreepress.bsky.social. It's complicated. Here's why: jane-dalton.com/book-blog

What could be more normal than animals wearing vegetables on their heads?

I answered the door to the Waitrose man with a piece of tissue stuck to my face where I'd been wiping away eye drops that lubricated my skin more than my eyes.

Ooh, I love this.

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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Play some music with a fast beat to watch this.

Sad that fewer people are interested in books. I guess we're all on social media on our phones much more.

Looks super!

How serious are these warnings? Will my PC crash or is Norton just trying to scare me into buying more stuff?

Terrifying. So glad to be child-free.

If these people were doing genuine hard work they just wouldn't have time to brag about it on LinkedIn.

Do any other writers suffer from extreme dry-eye syndrome, which hits just as you sit down to write in the evening, necessitating the use of warm masks, which somewhat hampers the #writing?

Devastating news. After a long wait, I've learnt that my publisher Neem Tree Press is folding, so my debut novel will not now see the light of day.
If there are any publishers out there interested in an unorthodox literary contemporary suspense novel, I'm your woman.

I have no idea whether there's a real danger to my PC here or whether it's just Norton trying to sell me things. Does everyone with Norton get the same sometimes?

Thanks, Audible, but do you have to keep calling me Mrs?

#BookSky

Mr D went away for 24 hours today, leaving me with instructions to finish writing my wip (my second novel) by the time he was back. I'm halfway through, at about 42,000w. So far I've reorganised the wrapping paper cupboard. What do we think are the chances of my succeeding?